HOT week in the midwest

[Codeman]

It’s Hot in the Midwest… I see Minneapolis to Kansas City is looking at highs of 100, and west of there is worse! This next week looks to be more of the same.

Not to worry I’m stuck in a metal box in the middle of a field with no trees for a week. Acutely it’s a motor home (with a/c) at a motor home rally….. However it is too hot and humid to go out and do anything. Right now I am thankful for Air Conditioning and wireless Internet – Without both I be.........

[markwars]

The last three days in Denton, Tx have reached 103 degrees. We are supposed to be above 100 for at least another week. This sucks.

[Codeman]

Yes.... we should be playing HS in the A/C.... until the heat wave is over

[netherspirit]

You know what sucks even more? I work for the IT department of a building on campus. I do all the grunt work for them. I had to tear down a compuer lab (20 computers) move them out of the lab and install new desks, this is what I was doing last week. I didn't get it finished yesterday. So I have to finish on Monday.

The kicker is this, they are TURNING FRACKING A/C OFF in the building Monday through Wednesday. I have to finish putting these desks together and put the 20 machines back in there. Its going be like 95 here on Monday, with NO A/C at work?!!? WTF!!!1

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

You know what sucks even more? I work for the IT department of a building on campus. I do all the grunt work for them. I had to tear down a compuer lab (20 computers) move them out of the lab and install new desks, this is what I was doing last week. I didn't get it finished yesterday. So I have to finish on Monday.

The kicker is this, they are TURNING FRACKING A/C OFF in the building Monday through Wednesday. I have to finish putting these desks together and put the 20 machines back in there. Its going be like 95 here on Monday, with NO A/C at work?!!? WTF!!!1

Nasty cough you got, Nether. You really should lay low and take it easy.

[netherspirit]

Nasty cough you got, Nether. You really should lay low and take it easy.

HAHA. If only I could. :( I think I will just power through it on Monday and relax for the other 2 days.

[markwars]

If there's no AC you should be able to drink beer. Sounds fair to me and hey, you are in Indiana right?

[netherspirit]

you are in Indiana right?

Yep.

[Codeman]

Sweat dripping on the computers sounds like a short waiting to happen.

[LilNewbie]

Sweat dripping on the computers sounds like a short waiting to happen.

Well, if NS looks anything like his avi, then he doesn't have many sweat glands to worry about. :D

Newb.

[Fallen Templar]

You know what sucks even more? I work for the IT department of a building on campus. I do all the grunt work for them. I had to tear down a compuer lab (20 computers) move them out of the lab and install new desks, this is what I was doing last week. I didn't get it finished yesterday. So I have to finish on Monday.

The kicker is this, they are TURNING FRACKING A/C OFF in the building Monday through Wednesday. I have to finish putting these desks together and put the 20 machines back in there. Its going be like 95 here on Monday, with NO A/C at work?!!? WTF!!!1 That Sucks

[boom]

It has been hot over the west coast for the past couple of weeks. Lots of 90's to 100's in the valleys and inland empire. Now, I get to go vacation in Las Vegas next week where the mecury really climbs. :shock:

[Fallen Templar]

It's nice in NY

[Codeman]

Sweat dripping on the computers sounds like a short waiting to happen.

[Codeman]

OK... it is now day 2 out in this field... and it is still HOT. If you don't here me complain about the heat on day 3 - send a search party ( with ice ) out looking for me. Thank you

[K/H_Addict]

my g/f said its supposed to hit 1 double 0 here in VA on thursday....

[Codeman]

Yea it's misserable here... Eairler this morning ...I saw a snowman make a break for it... he only got a couple feet ...and drown to death!

[Havokscry]

I live not too far from the coast of Maine and it's been in the low 90's here, so it doesn't look like any state is spared.

[K/H_Addict]

i can handle all the heat. 90* isn't bad. its all the damned humidity. if we could turn off the humidifier summer would be the god of the 4 seasons.

[netherspirit]

I am really dreading work tommorrow.... :(

[Drumline3469]

Wichita topped off at 107 today. I played baseball for 4 hours this past week and i was dehydrated and exhausted as hell. I was also very sunburnt. MW you live in denton? I know alot of people from the Asbury United Methodist Church down there.

[gibberish_47]

The worst part is we are stuck in a drought here. It hasn't rained for I don't know how long now. We have a 50% chance tonight through tomarrow. If we don't get some rain soon, it bodes ill for the crops... and it's too late to replant. If your a farmer, loosing your crop freakin' sucks.

[netherspirit]

NO AC IN THE BUILDING WHERE I WORK!!!!

They said 3 days (M-W) now we heard 1 FRACKING MONTH!!!! This sucks.

[ultradoug]

your cooool enough for them.

[0rbital]

It's hot here half the year. We set some insane record last year for both the most days without rain and most days over 110 degrees. Now we have monsoons bringing in dust storms every few days. We don't have tsunami's though and the winters are perfect :D Only 1.5 inches of rain this year so far.

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[markwars]

107 in Denton right now.

[netherspirit]

Well they turned that AC back on today in the computer labs here. THANK GOD! Thats where I am going to be doing most of my work for the rest of the summer. Setting up 80 new computers in 4 labs would have sucked without AC.

[0rbital]

112 here today blah.

[GaryLASQ]

Well they turned that AC back on today in the computer labs here. THANK GOD! Thats where I am going to be doing most of my work for the rest of the summer. Setting up 80 new computers in 4 labs would have sucked without AC.
they just don't want the computers in the labs to overheat. they could care less about the carbon-based units. :)

working in the computer center and labs at college brings back fond memories...those were the days.

[Codeman]

OK... it is now day 2 out in this field... and it is still HOT. If you don't here me complain about the heat on day 3 - send a search party ( with ice ) out looking for me. Thank you

OK....It's now day six ... I would like to thank all of you that came looking for me... apparently none of you could find me! Thank you for your efforts. As it turned out the heat wave ended and we are all doing fine ( low 80's feel great) We even got a few rain showers but the ground soaked it up so fast, 5 minutes later you couldn't even tell it rained.

[CornPuff]

:shock: Orbital, those pictures are insane.

[0rbital]

:shock: Orbital, those pictures are insane.

Pretty amazing to see it form and roll in. Sucks being stuck in one on the freeway though. Looks like we'll have another one today from the looks of the storms forming. Only 109 out today.

[Drumline3469]

110 in Wichita. The news says it will drop to 96 sat. I better bundle up.

[markwars]

It has been up to at least 104 here for the last 11 days straight. Tomorrow the forecast is 91 degrees. At this point I'm not even believing that.

[gibberish_47]

I never knew 65 degrees could feel so good in July! We've been getting some rain. Just in the nick of time, too.

[Drumline3469]

YES!!!! 101!!!! it's sooo cold here! Well at least it is compared to the 111 we had yesterday by noon. I think it hit 114 yesterday evening. I think I saw a sign that said "Come cool down with a nice cup of cofee." lol

[0rbital]

118 here yesterday! Beat that midwesterners :lol:

[Codeman]

118 here yesterday! Beat that midwesterners :lol:
Congratulations...You Win... I'll be a good loser sitting in this mid 70 degree weather I think tomarrow we may be in the upper 80s

Congratulations again

[0rbital]

118 here yesterday! Beat that midwesterners :lol:
Congratulations...You Win... I'll be a good loser sitting in this mid 70 degree weather I think tomarrow we may be in the upper 80s

Congratulations again

Well really the electric company wins hehe

I got a few more months before the weather is like that here.

[markwars]

You upper midwesterners.....you think a few days at 100+ is bad and then you get 70 degree days? :shock:

All that's keeping me from hating you is thinking about your winters. :P

[Drumline3469]

Is Kansas upper midwest to you. I think it's the worst state weather-wise. It's still 110-115 and when winter hits it will be effing cold. You can't win with the weather here. I'd rather freeze my ass off than burn up. Why can't it just be winter all the time?

[0rbital]

That does suck. We'll average in the 60s-70s for the winter and may hit freezing a few times for a low. We might get 3 inches of rain during the winter. The winter is perfect just hot (humid for a few months during the monsoon) the rest of the time.

[markwars]

For Texans yes, Kansas is upper midwest. :P

Kansas (and all of the midwest) is the place to go if you basically want to see every kind of weather there is. Super cold winters, rainy tornado filled springs, blistering summers, and actually semi decent albeit brief autums. You get it all there. Here in north Texas we get very mild wet winters (maybe a snow event every third year and almost always a daytime high near 50), usually wet and humid springs, super hot super long summers, and very warm falls. Frankly I'd rather be in Kansas for the weather because the heat never lasts that long.

And as for the folks in Arizona....unless you live in Flagstaff your brain got baked and that's why your still there. :wink:

[0rbital]

I live 20 minutes from a lake. That's where I live in the summer :)

You get used to the heat though. I still go skateboard during the summer at the local parks. You just need to drink a lot of water.

When you have about 6 months of perfect weather, 3 months of warm/hot, and 3 months of hot and humid it's easy to get through the 3 months of nasty weather and put up with the 90s & low 100s before and after the monsoon season.